Harlan and Kathy Crow covered costs of food and lodging for Thomas during both vacations.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reported receiving four tickets to a Beyoncé concert worth $3,711.84 as a gift last year.
Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Sonia Sotomayor, and Neil Gorsuch reported significant income from book royalties.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas amended financial disclosure reports to include two omitted trips paid for by Harlan Crow in 2019.
The trips took place in Bali, Indonesia and Monte Rio, California.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has amended his financial disclosure reports to include two trips paid for by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow in 2019, which were previously omitted. The trips took place in Bali, Indonesia and Monte Rio, California. Harlan and Kathy Crow covered the costs of food and lodging for Thomas during both vacations.
The financial disclosures of other justices revealed significant income from book royalties. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Sonia Sotomayor, and Neil Gorsuch all reported five- to six-figure earnings from their respective book deals.
Thomas's late reporting of these trips has fueled calls for ethics reforms in the Supreme Court. The justices are required by law to make a good faith estimate of the fair market value of any travel, gifts, or outside income if the exact value cannot be obtained easily.
The latest financial disclosures come as public scrutiny over ethical standards in the Supreme Court continues to mount.
Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed two trips paid for by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow in new financial filings.
The trips, both in July 2019, were to Bali, Indonesia, and Monte Rio, Calif.
Harlan and Kathy Crow paid for food and lodging at a hotel and private club for Thomas
Thomas faced criticism for failing to report the luxury vacations earlier
Crow’s financial involvement with Thomas extends beyond vacations, he made private school tuition payments for Thomas’ grandnephew and purchased properties in Savannah, Ga., owned by Thomas and his family members.
Justice Clarence Thomas amended his financial disclosure to include trips to Bali and an exclusive California club paid for by Harlan Crow in 2019.
Harlan Crow is a Texas billionaire and donor to conservative causes.
Accuracy
Justice Clarence Thomas reported trips paid for by Harlan Crow for the first time after the trips spilled into public view following new guidance increasing requirements for when justices must report trips.
Justice Clarence Thomas formally disclosed a 2019 trip to Indonesia paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, which was not previously reported.
Harlan and Kathy Crow paid for food and lodging for Thomas during the Bali trip.
Accuracy
Justice Clarence Thomas amended his financial disclosure to include two trips paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow that were inadvertently omitted.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reported receiving four tickets to a Beyoncé concert valued at $3,700 from the singer herself.
Justice Clarence Thomas belatedly reported travel paid for by others from 2019, including a hotel room in Bali, Indonesia and food and lodging in Sonoma County, California provided by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow.
Justice Neil Gorsuch taught at a national security program hosted in Portugal by George Mason University's law school in July.
Justice Clarence Thomas amended his financial disclosure to include two trips paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow that were inadvertently omitted.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson traveled to the 16th Street Baptist Church last September to speak at an event marking the 60th anniversary of a bombing there that killed four Black girls. She warned that ‘discomfort’ cannot prevent the teaching of Black history.
Beyoncé gifted four free concert tickets to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson last year. The value of the tickets was $3,711.84.
Accuracy
Justice Clarence Thomas reported trips paid for by Harlan Crow for the first time after the trips spilled into public view following new guidance increasing requirements for when justices must report trips.
Harlan and Kathy Crow paid for food and lodging at a hotel and private club for Thomas
Thomas faced criticism for failing to report the luxury vacations earlier
Crow’s financial involvement with Thomas extends beyond vacations, he made private school tuition payments for Thomas’ grandnephew and purchased properties in Savannah, Ga., owned by Thomas and his family members.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reported receiving concert tickets worth about $3,700 from Beyoncé
Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch reported five- to six-figure income from book royalties
Deception
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The article contains selective reporting as it only reports on certain financial disclosures that support the authors' position of ethical concerns regarding the justices. It also uses emotional manipulation by implying scandal and criticism towards the justices without providing any context or evidence of wrongdoing beyond what is reported in their financial disclosures.
Four justices on the nation’s highest court earned copious amounts of cash on royalties for their books.
Justice Clarence Thomas's financial disclosure included an amendment to a filing made half a decade ago to include two trips paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow. The disclosure indicated that the two 2019 trips were 'inadvertently omitted' from the paperwork's 'reimbursement' section when the filings for that year were submitted.
The latest financial disclosures of the Supreme Court justices were released Friday, revealing tidbits such as a justice's new rental property, hundreds of thousands of dollars in book royalties and even gifted concert tickets from Beyoncé.
Fallacies
(85%)
The article contains several informal fallacies and a potential appeal to authority. The authors use inflammatory language in the title and throughout the article, implying ethical concerns with the justices' financial disclosures without providing any evidence of wrongdoing. They also quote ProPublica's reporting on Thomas' trip to Indonesia as fact, but do not provide any evidence that this reporting is accurate or unbiased. Additionally, they appeal to authority by mentioning the increasing criticism for the justices' ethical standards without providing any context or evidence for this criticism.
The latest financial disclosures of the Supreme Court justices were released Friday, revealing tidbits such as a justice’s new rental property, hundreds of thousands of dollars in book royalties and even gifted concert tickets from Beyoncé.
recent years’ disclosures have come under greater scrutiny as the justices face increasing criticism for their ethical standards.
ProPublica first reported on the trip to Indonesia, writing that Thomas and his wife, Ginni, vacationed with the Crows for ‘Nine days of island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago on a superyacht staffed by a coterie of attendants and a private chef.’
The development also followed new guidance increasing requirements for when the justices must report trips.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received four tickets to a Beyoncé concert valued at $3,700 from the singer herself.
Justice Clarence Thomas belatedly reported travel paid for by others from 2019, including a hotel room in Bali, Indonesia and food and lodging in Sonoma County, California provided by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow.
Accuracy
Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed two trips paid for by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow in new financial filings, but the articles do not agree on when and where these trips took place.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reported receiving concert tickets worth about $3,700 from Beyoncé, but one article states the value as $3,711.84.
Deception
(100%)
None Found At Time Of
Publication
Fallacies
(85%)
The author makes an appeal to authority by mentioning that Terrence Giroux is the executive director emeritus of the Horatio Alger Association. This is a fallacy because it implies that Giroux's status with the association lends credibility to his gift to Justice Thomas.
The author mentions Terrence Giroux's position at the Horatio Alger Association as a way to establish his credibility: 'Justice Thomas said he was given two photo albums worth $2,000 by Terrence Giroux and his wife.'
Bias
(80%)
The article reports on the financial disclosures of Supreme Court justices, specifically mentioning Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's $900,000 book advance and tickets from Beyoncé. The author does not express any bias towards or against Justice Jackson or Beyoncé in the text. However, the title of the article
